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Author Henry Hoke on navigating unexpected mainstream success
Author Henry Hoke discusses finding representation, balancing the work of publishing with creative life, and privilege Writing, Collaboration, Process, Money, Success Part of: Getting an education Working collaboratively Finding balance Putting your work out there Highlights on You have had such a crazy year. So many fancy things have happened with your book Open Throat. I wonder how that has affected your work life? It’s been hard.
17 Excellent Books for Pride Month for Any Type of Reader
Every month is Pride Month, if you have enough queer friends, but In June, many countries around the world OFFICIALLY celebrate Pride Month, with events, initiatives, celebrations (and, unfortunately, rainbow-washing) to honour and celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ history and resistance.
2024 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist Announced
We are proud to announce that BookBrowse has won Platinum in the 2024 Modern Library Awards. BookBrowse News - The Full Story Feb 06 2024 The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The jury—comprising Xochitl Gonzalez, Alan Michael Parker, and Lynn Steger Strong—evaluated 445 eligible novels and short story collections submitted by 205 publishing houses. The winner will be announced on May 2.
Queer Reimaginings with SJ Sindu and Addie Tsai, in Conversation with Henry Hoke
Event March 24, 2024 11:30AM – 1PM Along with other farmers, Brooks Lamb—author, farmer, and advocate—discusses farmland loss from suburban sprawl, rampant agricultural consolidation, and racial injustice among farmers of color in his new book Love for the Land. Event March 22, 2024 4PM – 5PM The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia is hosting their annual meeting during the Festival.
Jay Gilbert - Subordinate Claws
The protagonist of Open Throat is in Los Angeles but not of it. It’s a position, the slyly angled narrative suggests, in which many people find themselves. Unlike them, however, our narrator is a mountain lion, a cougar. We don’t necessarily know this during the first tranche of the novel, but that’s okay: our narrator, referred to as ‘they’, doesn’t either.
Illuminating Tales of Urban Wonder
Alejandro Varela, Henry Hoke, Adam Levin, and Hilary Leichter explore urban living in their captivating, city-driven books. Join this panel discussion on community, identity, and the quest for belonging with Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress, a poignant exploration of LGBTQ identities and family dynamics with New York as the backdrop. In Mount Chicago, Levin reimagines the city in wild and hilarious fashion.
Mac and Me and Me
All most people know of Mac and Me is a 15-second clip. Viewed in full, this 1988 E.T. knockoff is justifiably considered one of most abysmal cinematic travesties ever made. The following is not a critical re-appraisal. At least I hope not. But it was once an important film for me, very dear to my heart. Why? E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial came out before my friends and I were born, but our parents excitedly counted the years until we were old enough to watch it on home video.
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
'Open Throat is a blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down. I am not convinced Henry Hoke isn't a mountain lion.' - Catherine Lacey, author of Pew 'An instant classic ... the writing is so sinuous, so wry and muscular, yet with a padding, pawing playfulness, that you're ready to go anywhere Hoke wants to take you...
SOS Book Log: Pride Edition
Happy Pride, friends! Or should I say: PADAM, PADAM. (Google it, straights.) Listen, just because June is almost over, doesn’t mean we have to stop celebrating. While H&M is taking their Pride Month décor out back to burn it in a giant heap, and Benihana pivots back to flipping cooked shrimp into people’s mouths instead of PrEP, I still have something LGBT up my sleeves.
6 New Summer Books To Read This July
We’re back with more recommendations for your summer reading list! The sun is shining, and you need the perfect read to take with you on your summer adventures. So let’s see what amazing new releases should be on your bookshelf this July. 1. Bellies by Nicola Dinan Expected 6th July 2023 (Random House UK) When Tom met Ming, it was an instant attraction. And it wasn’t just because of their beauty, but something magnetic drew him in.
Open Throat
Open Throat by Henry Hoke This is a short fever dream of what it's like to be misunderstood and to feel ike you don’t belong in the world.
ALL PRIDE, NO PREJUDICE! A Literary LGBTQ+ Celebration
Dykette By Jenny Fran Davis Published by Henry Holt and Co. Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbians—prominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Miranda—invites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, they’re quick to accept.
Powell's Picks Spotlight: Henry Hoke's 'Open Throat' by Keith Mosman
This week, we’re taking a closer look at Powell’s Pick of the Month, Open Throat by Henry Hoke. My favorite (favourite?) book of 2022 was Shelia Heti’s Pure Colour. It is an extremely weird book about family, reality, and perception. I think my favorite thing about that book was that it was so self-assured in its weirdness that I never questioned it or felt nervous on its behalf. To love a book, I need it to both understand its project and then to convince me that it has achieved it by the end.
OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke Read by Pete Cross
Narrator Pete Cross works some serious magic with his narration of this beautiful and unusual novella. It's told from the point of view of a lonely mountain lion that is living alone in the Hollywood Hills, observing humans, searching for food, and reminiscing about its childhood. Cross conveys the narrator's non-humanness with surprising pacing and unexpected pronunciations ("Ellay" instead of L.A.). His voice is gravelly and rough but also deliberate and thoughtful.
ALL PRIDE, NO PREJUDICE! A Literary LGBTQ+ Celebration
Dykette By Jenny Fran Davis Published by Henry Holt and Co. Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbians—prominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Miranda—invites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, they’re quick to accept.
An Indictment of Human Culture, Narrated by a Mountain Lion
Book Review|An Indictment of Human Culture, Narrated by a Mountain Lion https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/books/review/henry-hoke-open-throat.html OPEN THROAT, by Henry Hoke There is a moment toward the end of “Open Throat,” Henry Hoke’s slim jewel of a novel, where the narrator, a mountain lion living in the desert hills surrounding Los Angeles’s Hollywood sign, falls asleep and dreams of Disneyland.
Book World: 'Open Throat' is the year's best novel narrated by a queer mountain lion
- - - Don't let the fanged narrator of Henry Hoke's new novel scare you off. Yes, "Open Throat" is about a queer mountain lion, but only in the way "The Metamorphosis" is about a large bug. Give this sinewy prose poem a chance and you'll fall under the spell of a forlorn voice trapped in the hellscape of modern America. As fantastical as "Open Throat" sounds, Hoke was inspired by a true tale of feline adventure.
Henry Hoke & Jackson Howard
IN-STORE Wednesday, June 28, 7:30 PM Henry Hoke presents Open Throat In conversation with Jackson Howard! A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign.
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Henry Hoke Synopsis 'An instant classic' - THE GUARDIAN 'A bloody masterpiece.' - MELISSA BRODER, author of THE PISCES 'Witty, emotional and gripping, Open Throat is a short but savage thrill ride' - THE INDEPENDENT 'Open Throat is Bret Easton Ellis meets mountain lion in the Hollywood Hills . . . it already has people talking' - THE SUNDAY TIMES I’ve never eaten a person but today I might . . . A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign.
OPEN THROAT | Kirkus Reviews
by Henry Hoke ‧ A mountain lion ekes out a lonely existence below the Hollywood sign in this singular, stunning novel. The narrator of Hoke’s fifth book (after the memoir Sticker) cannot share the name his mother gave him because “it’s not made of noises a person can make,” but it might be fair to refer to him as P-22. That puma, to whom the book is movingly dedicated, lived in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park from 2012 to 2022 and was the subject of much adoration and occasional concern.
Open Throat
A Most Anticipated Book in LitHub, Buzzfeed and LGBTQ Reads 2023 'Compassionate, fierce and bittersweet - an unforgettable love letter to the wild' - Kirkus 'Open Throat is a blinding spotlight beam of a book that I was completely unable and unwilling to put down.
After 15 Years, Is There Anyone Left Who Doesn’t Love WALL-E? Well, Yes…
Don’t tell me how good WALL-E is. I’ve heard. I’ve been hearing. Don’t tell me it’s top tier Pixar, perhaps the GOAT from the studio. Not interested. Don’t tell me it’s both bleak and heartwarming, and confronts the destructive path of humankind with bravery and grace, a work of animated art everyone should watch. It’s still a “no” from me. I refuse. Just kidding. I adore WALL-E. I saw it in the theater the week it came out, and the little robot’s story resonated deeply with my life situation at the time.
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Sludge Man: No Way Home
Ah, another night at Zippy’s Lounge and Chuckle Barn. I was up on stage telling jokes to the people who’d come out to hear them. I had just dislodged the mic from the stand and was fiddling around with the cord. People finished up their chuckles from the last joke and I cleared my throat for another. “Fellas,” I began, “you ever notice how sometimes you’re on the john and your rear end gets stuck and the missus has to fetch a paddle to pry you loose?” That got the night’s biggest laugh.
Mac and Me (and Me)
All most people know of Mac and Me is a 15-second clip. Viewed in full, this 1988 E.T. knockoff is justifiably considered one of most abysmal cinematic travesties ever made. The following is not a critical re-appraisal. At least I hope not. But it was once an important film for me, very dear to my heart. Why? E.T.: the Extra Terrestrial came out before my friends and I were born, but our parents excitedly counted the years until we were old enough to watch it on home video.
The Emotional Pull of Home
Join authors Joanna Eleftheriou (This Way Back), Henry Hoke (Sticker), and Jennifer Niesslein (Dreadful Sorry) as they share their place-centered essays and memoirs, addressing questions of class, history, family, gender, and home. There is no place like it. In conversation with Jay Varner. Book sales and signing will follow. As part of the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book, this event is FREE and open to the public. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT that will also be livestreamed(details below).
8 Books by Queer Writers Who Came of Age in the 90s
The ’90s are back, as if they could ever truly peace out. Between Fear Street and Captain Marvel and the Alanis Morissette musical, the last mostly-offline decade is getting a gargantuan nostalgia polish. For my memoir Sticker—an exploration of my childhood in Charlottesville, Virginia via 20 stickers—I immersed myself in the sparkle of Lisa Frank binders, the whiff of clove cigarettes, and books by friends and kindred spirits.
I Sold My Soul to Arcade Satan for the YA Horror Novel Game Over
Welcome to Close Reads! In this new series, Leah Schnelbach and their guests will dig into the tiny, weird moments of pop culture—from books to theme songs to viral internet hits—that have burrowed into our minds, found rent-stabilized apartments, started community gardens, and refused to be forced out by corporate interests. This time out, author Henry Hoke recalls a chance encounter with The Devil—not at a crossroads, but in the pages of a suspiciously moralistic paperback.
from The Groundhog Forever
[Image: “The Groundhog Forever” by Malcolm Oliver Perkins] The Groundhog Forever is a queer sequel to the movie “Groundhog Day.” Two film students in post-9/11 Manhattan get stuck reliving the same day over and over together: the day they meet Bill Murray at a screening of “Groundhog Day.” Thing 1 stood in the bathroom and debated the need to brush her eternal teeth. Thing 2 sat using Thing 1’s computer. It felt right to end their days in her dorm room, this cozy abnormal space.
The Group Chat Is Unionizing
The Group Chat is a sanctuary of communication. Conceived in 2015 as a replacement for weekly drinks (when a changing economy forced Chris to move off the 6 line), the chat has since provided daily hits of intimacy and a welcoming venue for Succession GIFs. To maintain this standard of vibe as our text grows, the Group Chat is pleased to announce the formation of the Group Chat Union.
Yes, Our Friend Laura Has Been Possessed By The Devil, But I Still Need A Headcount For My Six Flags Birthday Party
I am aware of the situation at hand. Our close friend Laura has been possessed by the one and only Satan Lord of Darkness. That’s clear. Father Mulcahy has helped us lure her to this abandoned train station to perform an exorcism. I get it.
The Book of Endless Sleepovers
Main navigation The Book of Endless Sleepovers (Paperback) By Henry Hoke Civil Coping Mechanisms, 9781937865771, 156pp. Publication Date: October 31, 2016 List Price: 15.95* * Individual store prices may vary. Description "I love how Henry Hoke plays fast and loose with autobiography and genre.
Hi Honey, It’s Mom with Your Daily Horrific Accident Update
Courtesy of Malvestida Magazine Hi Honey, it’s Mom. Remember that local Italian restaurant we went to for dinner ten years ago? The new chef who only moved to town recently got his hand caught in the meat slicer and they had to close down temporarily. Awful! I knew you’d want to hear right away. Hi Honey, it’s Mom.
Late to the Party: Stephen King’s IT – Electric Literature
Reading the master of American horror for the first time Editor’s Note: Late to the Party is a new Electric Literature series where we ask writers to read an author that, for some reason, they’ve never read. You can read previous entries here. Stephen King was the puppet master of my literary childhood, but I haven’t read a word he’s written.
Joyland Magazine | Los Angeles | Beacon
The day before the day before I bought the shirt I thought about buying the shirt. The day before I bought the shirt I thought about buying the shirt. The day I bought the shirt I bought the shirt. I don’t know how to express the feeling of waking up and hating every scrap of clothing in my apartment.
The Ten Ways Your Life Will Change After You Publish Your First Book (Or So I’m Told)
1. You will look in the bathroom mirror on the morning of your book’s publication and see a face staring back; a real face, not the mass of flesh and flaws that had confronted you every morning before. You won’t dare touch it for fear it will evaporate. 2. You will change your e-mail signature from “Writer” to “Published Author!” You will consider adding a smiley face, but will decide against this. 3.
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